Produce Application
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Second Chance Farm
Owner: Heather HalseyFarm Address:
123 Glendale Rd
Limestone, TN 37681
Washington & Greene Counties County
United States
Mailing Address:
375 Jefferson Rd.
Washington, ME 04574
United States
daytime phone: 423 202-5461 (cell)
evening phone: 207-706-6209
Application Date: 2007-03-19
Applicant Details
| Please briefly tell us why you are applying to be part of the Certified Naturally Grown program: | We are following USDA Organic standards but are hesitant to get more involved than we have to with the USDA. |
| Are you currently third party Certified for your produce operation by any other organization (Organic, Biodynamic, etc)? | no |
| Have you ever been certified in the past? | no |
| Have you ever been denied certification? | no |
| How did you hear about Certified Naturally Grown? | At the SSAWG conference. |
General Farm Information
| Farm Acreage you want listed as Certified Naturally GrownTM: | |
| Total Farm Acreage you actually GROW on: | 31 |
| Number of above acreage that you own: | 88 |
| Number of above acreage that you lease: | 0 |
| Do you have other acreage in "Conventional" Agricultural Systems? | no |
| General Listed Acreage Breakdown | |
| Veg Crops: | 1 |
| Fruit Crops: | 0 |
| Hay: | 30 |
| Grains/Beans: | |
| Sugarbush: | |
| Other Acreage: | |
| Please check all items you grow and will market as Certified Naturally GrownTM |
Vegetables Herbs Berries Tree Fruits Grapes Grains Beans Hay Flowers Greenhouse Plants Other (please specify below) |
| Please Specify Any Other Items: | |
| Please check all markets you grow for (this will be displayed on your farm profile to help potential buyers find you). |
Farmer's Market Farm Stand Local Restaurants CSA's Coops Health Food Stores Groceries Regional Wholesalers www.LocalHarvest.org Commodities Other (please specify below) |
| Please Specify Other Markets: | |
Farmland Management and Practices
| Primary Tillage System: | disc and/or tractor drawn tiller. |
| Do you use Cover Crops? | yes |
| If yes, please list: | Red clover, Oats/Barley, Crimson Clover, Winter Rye, Cowpeas, Buckwheat. |
| Do you use Compost? | yes |
| If yes, please note general sources (on farm, purchased complete, local grass clippings, local dairy, etc.): | Farm-grown hay composted in garden area. |
| Please list application rates. Give a specific amount or range (for example: one to two tons per acre, ten wheelbarrow loads per 1,000 square feet, or 1-2 inches deep). Do not answer "varies". | Approximately 10 round bales. |
| Do you use Manure? | yes |
| If yes, please note general sources (local dairy, horse farm, etc.): | Prior to our ownership (2005) cow manure produced on-site was spread on entire property. We get horse manure from the farm where we board our horses and are beginning a compost area. |
| Please list application rates. Give a specific amount or range (for example: one to two tons per acre, ten wheelbarrow loads per 1,000 square feet, or 1-2 inches deep). Do not answer "varies". | 1 ton per acre approximately |
| What time of year do you apply the manure? | Winter |
| Do you apply any non-composted Manure within 120 days of veg-crop harvesting? | no |
| Please list any other brought in fertility sources that you use (specific rock powders, lime, soybean / alfalfa meal, specific purchased pre-mixes, etc)and how often it's used. If you indicate a name brand product, please also specify the ingredient/s. | Mined Lime |
| Have any chemical fertilizers been applied to the fields you are seeking Certification for in the last three years (36 months)? | no |
| Have any non-acceptable pesticides and/or herbicides been applied to these fields in the last 3 years? | no |
| Do you use Professional Soil Testing services? | yes |
| Describe your primary weed problems and methods of control. If you indicate a name brand product, please also specify the ingredient(s), what kind of product it is (a soap, microbial, oil, a botanical...), and how often it's used. | Pigweed, Johnson Grass, Cocklebur. We flame weed and mow weedy areas prior to flowering, and surface till the garden to control the seedbed. We mulch with straw and are using a "living mulch" of crimson clover between beds. |
| Describe your primary insect problems and methods of control. If you indicate a name brand product, please also specify the ingredient/s, what kind of product it is (a soap, microbial, oil, a botanical...), and how often it's used. | We have not had insect problems. Possibly will have potato beetles. I see them but no damage. We have alot of beneficial insects. |
| Describe your primary disease problems and methods of control. If you indicate a name brand product, please also specify the ingredient/s, what kind of product it is (a soap, microbial, oil, a botanical...), and how often it's used. | We had blossom end rot in tomatoes and applied lime. Will supplement with more calcium this year. |
| Please list the water source you use for crop irrigation. If source is public river, pond or lake, please note the name: | Rainwater. Hand water using city water. |
| Are there any known contaminants in the irrigation water? | no |
| Are you a maple producer who seeks to certify your sugarbush? | no |
Seeds, Transplants and Buffers
| Do you purchase or grow using any Genetically Modified seeds? | no |
| Do you use any chemically treated seeds in your operation? | no |
| Do you grow your own transplants? | yes |
| Are they grown using Naturally Grown/Organic methods? | yes |
| If they're not grown according to CNG methods, please list them here. This produce may not be sold as Certified Naturally Grown. (If they are, put "N/A") | |
| Do you purchase any transplants from outside sources? | no |
| Chemical/Spray Drift and Buffers: | |
| Is there any likelihood of Chemical/Spray drift contamination of your fields? | no |
| Do you have an adequate buffer to protect yourself from potential contamination? | yes |
| Please describe your buffer. Be as specific as possible. On all sides, how far is it from your crops to the next closest use (road, conventional crop, residential yard)? Be sure to specify what is grown on neighboring land that is in agricultural use. For example: To the north and east, a wooded area of at least 100 yards separates us from the neighbor's corn fields, to the south is a fallow field at least 100 yards deep separating us from the road, and to the west about 60 feet separates our crops from a field where conventional corn and soybeans are grown. | The area we would like to certify for vegetables/flowers has at least 4 acres of field/woods that we own on all sides. For hay production, the neighboring fields are used for grazing cattle and we have a buffer zone of our own land lined with trees. Where there are not trees, we leave 20+ feet along fencelines to grow. Cattle and sheep farms border most of our land and in areas bordered by residential, we have minimum of 1 acre of our own land for buffer zone. |
Agreements
| Please indicate your agreement with the following statements by checking the boxes. | |
| I will not label, or in any way lead consumers to believe that produce not raised in accord with CNG standards is Certified Naturally GrownTM. | |
| I understand that I have to complete at least one (and hopefully more) Certification Inspection(s) of another farm in my area each year, and that the inspection will NOT be of the same farmer that inspected me. | |
| I have reviewed the Certified Naturally Grown certification standards, I understand them, and I will abide by them. I understand that if I have any questions I may contact CNG for clarification. | |
| You may use this space to tell us anything else you think we should know about your farm: | This year we are primarily concerned with certifying our vegetables. Some of our hay fields could be categorized as "transitional" because prohibited substances were last applied in November 2004, prior to our ownership of the land starting in November 2005. |
